1998_European_Seniors_Tour
1998 European Seniors Tour
Golf tour season
The 1998 European Seniors Tour was the seventh season of the European Seniors Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.
Quick Facts Duration, Number of official events ...
| Duration | 30 April 1998 (1998-04-30) – 25 October 1998 (1998-10-25) |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 19 |
| Most wins |  Tommy Horton (3) |
| Order of Merit | Tommy Horton |
| Rookie of the Year |  Denis O'Sullivan |
← 1997 1999 → | |
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The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.[1]
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Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the European Seniors Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
More information Date, Tournament ...
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (£) |
Winners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Nov | Praia d'El Rey European Cup | Portugal | n/a | Tied | Team event |
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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.[2][3]
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| Position | Player | Prize money (£) |
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| 1 | Tommy Horton | 127,656 |
| 2 |  Brian Huggett | 102,382 |
| 3 |  Eddie Polland | 92,145 |
| 4 | David Jones | 74,133 |
| 5 |  Noel Ratcliffe | 69,528 |
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- "1998 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- "1998 European Seniors Tour Order of Merit". The Birmingham Post. Birmingham, United Kingdom. 26 October 1998. p. 26. Retrieved 21 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "John Jacobs Trophy Winners". European Tour. 14 October 2014. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015.
- Keogh, Brian (2 June 2016). "O'Sullivan to make history with 300th Senior Tour appearance". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
...winning the Senior Tour's first Rookie of the Year crown in 1998, he has not looked back.